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William stony Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, June l'l. 1*111.
ESTABLISHED 1899
Countv Boy Writes
From Somewhere
In South Faeifie
W Ronald White, AOM 2-C,
Is One of the “Death and
Glory Boys”
Writing from some place in the
South Pacific under a fairly recent
date, W Ronald White. AOM 2-C,
said:
Dear Friends:
I cannot begin to tell you how
much the Enterprise means to me.
I wrote you once before telling you
how much I enjoyed it, but as I get
further away from the United States
I appreciate it even more. I am sure
that it is the greatest and biggest lit
tle paper in the world. The proof is
in all of the letters you receive from
the home boys in the service in the
United States and overseas. I really
enjoy reading all these letters, and I
hope some of my friends get a kick
out of this one, if you can find space
for it.
It seems a great many of the fel
lows that write the paper tell their
experiences and service history. I
can tell most of my service history,
but I am afraid that most of the fel
lows overseas will have it all over
me for experiences. If I could tell
all that has happened, I might be
able to give some of them a race for
their money.
I was sworn into the United States
Navy on May 29, 1943. From here I
went to Bainbridge, Md., for seven
weeks of boot training, which I
thought were tough at the time. Af
ter spending seven glorious days at
home and all over Martin County,
I went back to Bainbridge where I
spent three days in the Outgoing Un
it. These three days were spent in
wondering where I would go from
there. I was then a seaman second
class, and felt pretty salty. I soon
found out different.
Sixty men were given a lecture on
the second day of our stay in O. G. U.
(Outgoing Unit) by a lieutenant,
about a school in Washington, D. C.
He said that it was a very dangerous
school and that the work was com
pletely voluntary. Twenty men, in
cluding myself, stayed to see what
it was ail about, but the lieutenant
said that he did not know a thing
about it except that it was a hard
school. I found out later that it is
the hardest school in the entire Na
vy. The third day the twenty salty
seamen second were sent to Wash
ington, D. C.
We found the school located on the
American University campus. It was
very pretty and quiet. We all liked
it from the start. To top it off we ate
chow at the WAVES mess hall, two
blocks away, with twelve hundred
of the female sailors Woo! Woo! To
prove that the school was hard, only
six of the twenty that began the
course finished the nine weeks
course.
This school that 1 have harped on
so much is the Bomb Disposal School
of the United States Navy. We dis
pose of the unexploded bombs, and
I wish that 1 could tell you of some
of the exciting times that we have
had. We are known as the Death
and Glory boys, but if they go to
gether, I hope that I never get eith
er one. All the glory that I want is
my hide. It is the only good hide that
I have, you know.
I finished school along with some
swell liberties in our nation’s capital
and received second class petty offi
cer’s rating. I was really proud ol
those stripes, and I nearly broke my
arm trying to show them off.
After finishing school about the
20th of September, I had four day:
at home on my way to California
where I shipped out after spendin{
(Continued on page six!
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Servicemen Express
Thanks For Smokes
The local Lions Club continues t<
receive cards from members of th
arm©* sc/vice serviniyfiL.$»« fron
lines, thanking the clffWor the cig
a; cites which were sent to the fight
ers by the club bffiw are a fev
more "quotations taken from recent!
received cards.
Pvt. Wilfred E. Pelletrie saic
“'Thanks very much for the fre
smokes. We appreciate them.”
Capt. E. J. Donnelly wrot<
“'Thanks to you for a very fin
gesture—greatly appreciated by th
men.”
Sgt. Robert M. Rosenbluth sau
‘‘Thanks, there are other words bi
they all mean the same.”
The local club periodically colleci
the contributions from their cig;
rette fund jars, which are scattere
through the lower end of the count;
and they have just completed the
first round. The club wants to salul
the patrons, friends and manage
ment of Mrs. Joe Johnson s store ft
having the largest collection ft
this period, a total of $7.00. Th
store is located in Griffins Townsh:
near Piney Grove Baptist Churc
Second high honor goes to Centr
Cafe with a collection of $5.70.
Remember, a dime will send tw
packs to a man on the front line.
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First Report From Local Boy
In French Invasion Received
The first report involving a local
boy in the week-ola invasi >n of
France vas received here over the
week-end, the general belief being
that the brief account leaves to be
told a great story in which possibly
many other Williamston and Mar
tin County young men figured.
The story at hand is not quite
clear, but it is fairly apparent that
Lt. Zeno Hardy Rose, Williamston
young man, was among the very first
to figure in the invasion. The brief
account, filed by Howard Cowan of
one of the press associations, reads:
"Lt. Zeno Rose of Williamston, N. C.,
Mustang escort pilot, saw one P-51
fighter attack a German gun posi
tion almost head on.
“ It looked like one of those Chi
cago pianos—or more like a pipe
organ,’ Rose said. ‘It was throwing
up a dozen streams of tracers at
once. This P-51 peeled off and came
in blazing away. That German gun
position didn't give anybody any
DRAFT I’OOl,
Effective immediately, all
men passing the pre-induction
physical examinations will be
placed in a common draft pool,
meaning that the draftee will
have little or no service pref
erence. While the new ruling
just about eliminates service
preferences, it is possible that
married men will gain a slight
advantage, it was pointed out.
In other words, a married man
in the Navy pool would answer
a final induction call before a
single man would go from the
Army pool. Now that all men
passing the examination are be
ing placed in a common pool, the
single man will go ahead of Un
married man.
Co-Op Shipment Of
Wool Will Be Made
Here Next Monday
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W illianislon Is Ono ol Throe
Shipping Onlors In
North Carolina
The first shipment of wool, plan
ned on a large scale and after a co
operative plan, will be made here
next Monday, Assistant County
Agent L. L. McLendon announced
yesterday. Arrangements for handl
ing the deliveries, sorting and grad
ing and making the shipment have
been completed. Representatives oi
the State Extension Service, includ
ing Messrs. L. I. Case, in charge oi
animal husbandry extension, and H
L. Meacham, extension marketing
specialist, State College, Raleigh, anc
K. A. Keithley, manager of the Unit
ed Wool Growers Association, Har
risonburg, Va., will come here tr
handle the shipment, it was learned
Other shipments will be made frorr
'Raleigh and Asheville later in th<
month.
Farmers throughout northeasterr
North Carolina or those in abou
twenty or twenty-five counties ir
this section of the State are expect
ed to make deliveries here that day
Possibly some of the deliveries wil
be made by express or freight, bu
most of them will be handled he
group farmers.
; "We expect to receive and handli
, at least a carload of wool here tha
day,” Mr. McLendon said yesterday
• It is roughly estimated that the fev
wool growers in this county will of
fer between 2,000 and 3,000 pound
, of choice wool. The shearing seasoi
I was ended in this county severa
weeks ago and the crop is now read;
| to move to the markets.
Just what the market price wil
(Continued on page six)
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Beginning next Tuesday, June 2(
W. S Hunt will offer free swimmin
lessons at the municipal pool hen
No charge will be made for the ir
struction, but applications must b
filed at the swimming pool office bi
fore next week. Th - course is ope
to all who register, it was announc
ed. Already fifteen children hav
registered, and it is possible that th
classes will have to be limited i
number.
The pool will be closed to the get
eral public each Tuesday from 10 I
11 while the classes are being heli
it was announced.
Incidentally, the pool reports
record business Sunday when 3!
people, mostly little folks, wei
swimming, the number not inclui
ing those who had season tickets ar
servicemen who were admitted witl
out charge. Suits are being furnisl
ed the servicemen by the USO, ar
no fee is asked either for the suit i
use of the pool.
! trouble anymore.’ ”
Lt. Rose was though to be a nav
igator in the AAF, but possibly he
haa changed over and was serving
as an escort pilot.
In the same story carrying Lt.
Rose’s brief interview, Cowan said,
“Capt. Frank Lillyman, the first Al
lied soldier to touch France in the
assault from the west, didn't know
when the invasion would come, but
he had been informed days in ad
vance that whenever it came he
wouid draw the No. 1 spot. The cig
ar-smoking 29-year-old parachute
troop officer from Syracuse, N. Y.,
was told of his trail blazing assign
ment along with Lt. Col. J. L. Crouch
of Riverside, Calif., and their hand
picked crews. Crouch was the first
piiot of the big Douglas C-47 which
was thi1 lead plane of the parachute
troop carriers. Crouch delivered
them safely in daylight to the air
borne army on the Cherbourg Pen
insula.”
Allies Prepared To
Meet Counterattack
Alonji French Coast
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No (>rcal l and (!liunp‘s Made
In Invasion Sector In
Past Few Days
After military leaders had remain
ed silent with the exception of the
release of a few official communi
ques, President Roosevelt, launching
the Fifth War Loan Drive last night,
intimated that Allied forces are now
well prepared to meet any counter
measures the enemy may advance
along the French invasion coast. “Wo
have moved millions of tons of mu
nitions and supplies and hundreds
(jf thousands of men to support the
drive, and we are now prepared to
meet the enemy in his counterat
tacks," the President was quoted as
saying.
Military leaders, commenting at
the close of the first week of the
bloody fighting along a 60-mile
beach sector, said the situation at the
present is a “little better than satis
factory”. However, the invasion is
just getting its second wind and the
war isn’t over, yet. The Germans,
it is estimated, have moved about
one-quarter million men up to the
invasion front out of a possible one
million strategic reserve. They are
hampered in their movements by
increasing Allied air power which is
at the same time, helping the Allies
to build up their beachhead posi
tions. That a strong foothold has
been gained is evidenced by the
presence of Generals Eisenhower,
Marshall and Arnold, Admiral King
and Winston Churchill on the beach
head for five hours yesterday.
At the present time, Allied forces
have pushed inland for almost twen
ty miles, conneetiong their beach
head position for more than sixty
miles. Unofficial reports place the
number of German prisoners taken
in the drive to date at more than
10,000, including women gunners.
Carentan, important transporta
tion center near the base of the
■Cherbourg Peninsula, was taken yes
terday by American forces after bit
: ter fighting. The drive on Cher
bourg itself is progressing slowly
■ but steadily, and now the Allies are
within twelve miles of the port while
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Leslie Hardison
; Hurt In Aecident
Leslie Hardison, young Jamesville
man and member * of the Martin
County Board of Education, suffer
ed a broken shoulder and other in
juries not so serious in an automo
bile accident near Peter Swamp on
tin- Williamsion-JamesviJ^ffsipl^'i^
late last Friday night. His car, a 194!
DeSoto, was wrecked beyond repair
Patrolman W. E. Saunders, investi
gating the accident, estimating the
damage at about $750.
Driving toward Jamesville, Hardi
son was blinded by the lights of ar
approaching car and ran off the roac
on the right lie accidentally pusher
down on the accelerator instead o:
the brake pedal and the car dartec
to the left, across the road and ton
up an embankment several feet high
crashing into the ditch.
The young man was treated in th<
local hospital and is now able to bi
out.
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Attempts To Break Into
Bun Station Saturday
Linwood Speight, deaf mute, wa
arrested by Officer C. Ft. Moore earl;
last Saturday morning for alleged!
attempting to break into the loca
bus station.
Speight, it was said, had cut th
screen to a window and had broke
a glass pane when he was frighten
ed and ran away
TOWN - FARM
IN WARTIME
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(A weekly news digest from
the rural press section of
tfce OWI news bureau)
Invasion Cuts Civilian Supplies
Recent shortage of many civilian
supplies may be attributed to mili
tary demands of the forces of libera
tion. Examples are radio tubes and
parts, gasoline and oil. In spite of a
radio manufacturing output over 10
times as great as pre-war, military
demands for radio tubes and repair
parts have increased. This explains
why civilians are finding it hard to
get these items, the War Production
Board says. Every military plane
has radio equipment, some as much
as $100,000 worth each. Ships, tanks
and other mobile equipment also use
radio equipment. A five-month sup
ply of 100-octane aviation gasoline
is required for each of the 11,000
planes backing up Allied liberation
forces, tin' Petroleum Administra
tion for War reports. Heavy and im
perative demands for oil by General
Eisenhower as early as last winter
almost made New York, Boston and
Philadelphia the first indirect inva
sion casualties. Increased production
by East Coast refineries, the "Big
Inch” and "Little Big Inch” pipe
lines, and emergency deliveries help
ed avert civilian shortages of cel and
gas in the East.
Farmers Help in Fifth War I.oan
The nation’s farm army of six
million along with their town and
city neighbors went into action this
week on the Fifth War Loan, the
War Finance Division of the Treas
ury announces. Total goal for this
loan is 10 billion dollars by July 8.
Last year farm people bought $1,
200,000,000 in War Bonds- about 10
per cent of their net income. With
an estimated net farm income of 18
billion dollars for 1044, bond pur
chases by farm people are expected
to lie higher this year than last. The
War Bonds bought during the Fifth
War Loan will enable our Govern
ment to gel more and bettei war
equipment for its fighters than the
bonds bought a year ago, according
to a compilation of war equipment
costs by the War Department. A
heavy bomber, which a year ago
cost $500,000, today costs half that
much. A Bolors anti-aircraft gun
(Continued on page six)
Mrs. W.S. U-Dies
In County Saturday
Mrs. Susan Blanche Mayo Lee died
at her home in Bear Grass Township
last Saturday afternoon at 4 o’clock,
She had been in declining health for
seven months or more and her con
dition was critical for some time be
fore the end.
The daughter of the late J. W
Mayo, of Beaufort County and wife,
Katie Moore Mayo, of Florida, Mrs
Lee was born in Beaufort County
on September 7, 1884. In early wo
manhood she was married to Jarvis
Ilarrell of Beaufort County. Hr
died in Greenville in 1918. Seven
children survive the union. They are
Walter, Roy, Joseph Harrell and Mrs
May belle Peoples, all of Norfolk
Daniel Harrel, of New York City
Mrs. Beulah Purser, of Scotland
Neck, and CpI. Johnny B. Harrell
of San Marcos, Texas.
In 1921 she was married to W. San;
Lee of Beaufort County and locatec
m Martin in 1932. Besides her hus
band and children by her first mar
i iagc, she leaves seven step-children
Henry, Walter and Johnny Lee, oi
Philadelphia; Charlie Lee, of Green
ville; Mrs. Leon Rose, of Washing
ton, D. C.; Mrs. Mary Hux, of Little
ton, and Mrs. Thelma Bridley, oi
Greenville, three grandchildren anc
one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Lee was a member of th<
Holiness church and Rev. 11. M
Pope, pastor of the local Pentecosta
Holiness Church, conducted the las
riles at the home of a daughter, Mrs
Purser, 412 East Fourth Street, Scot
land Neck, yesterday afternoon a
,'c, m k. Interment " as in the Epis
copal Cemetery, Scotland Neck.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
At the end of the 23rd week
in the current year, the total
, number of accidents on the high
ways of this county was three
' greater than the figure for the
, corresponding period, a year
’ ago. The number of deaths is
trailing, it is good to point out,
but the property loss is much
greater.
The following tabulations of
' fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
s weeks in this year and last and
r for each year to the present time.
/ 23rd Week Comparison
! Accidents Inj’d Killed Dam’gc
1944 1 1 0 $ 750
; 1943 0 0 0 000
i Comparison To Date
1944 23 8 1 4375
1943 20 9 5 2800
Early Indications Point To A
Decrease In Tobacco Acreage \
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According to preliminary reports
cc ing from the office of the farm
agent this week, there is a fairly siz
able reduction in the county’s tobac
co acreage this year compared with
the plantings a year r.gn. No official
or complete figures could be had im
mediately, but judging from reports
filed by well over one-third of the
farmers in the county, the crop acre
age will be lower than it was a year
ago. To mention an extreme case,
one farmer reported that he had an
allotment of slightly more than 20
acres, that he had been able to plant
only about eight. It was explained
that the scarcity of plants was re
sponsible for the decrease in most
cases while in other instances there
wasn't sufficient acreage to handle
the full quotas.
At thi' same time, it was pointed
out that quite a few fanners had ex- j
ce('di.d their allotments, hut the ex
cess in most cases was limited to a i
mere fraction of an acre and in no I
case was the excess larger than four- [
tenths of ?tn acre.
These estimates are based on re
ports received from 625 out of 785
farmers in five of the ten county
townships, and are subject to change.
Those farmers who failed to report
their acreage measurements are ex
pected to call at the office of the
county agent, get the proper forms,
list thir acreage measurements and
have their respective community
committeemen to approve them. The
grower is responsible for getting the
n-port into the agent’s office. No mar
keting card will be issued until this
simple requirement is met, it was
pointed out.
Fifth War Bond Drive
Is Off To A Slow Start
Crucial War Period f
Offers Challenge To I
All Persons At Home
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Marlin C.oiinlv IVoph* Asked
To |{ais>«‘ 8H5(i,000 Be
fore July Bill
All hough a few scattered sales
were reported in the county, the
Fifth War Bond Drive gol off to a
mighty slow start in this section yes
terday. While the task is no small
one, leaders point out that the dan
ger to the drive comes because so
many people have not yet really rec
ognized the seriousness of the situa
tion and are not quite willing to
make the first sacrifice. Sales
amounting to possibly $20,000 were
made in the county yesterday, but
as a whole the public was too busy
planning its vacations, handling bus- I
incss as usual and boasting about
buying gadgets, improving property
where delayed improvements would
have done just as well, to give some i
honcst-to-goodness thought about in
vesting money in support of the war :
program and in keeping, in a small
way, with the great sacrifices Mar
tin County men and millions of oth
ers are maxing on the Coast of Nor
mandy, m tin' Pacific, in India, Bur
ma, China, Italy and other places
far from home and loved ones.
It is still believed that Martin
County people will come across and
not let the lighting man down, but
they will have to wake up and
wake up fast if they are to deliver
the goods before the eighth of next
month when the Fifth Bond Drive
is scheduled to close.
There are those who suggest the
drive can’t be handled just now, that
it comes at an inopportune time.
There was no opportune time for
the youth of this land to face the
cold steel of the enemy on the coast
of France, but they went and they j
conquered. And it is up to us at
home to make certain that those who
saw the sun rise on that eventful
morning for the last time did not
die in vain.
Between 800 and 1,000 Martin
County servicemen will read the re
ports on the progress of the bond
drive. The reports will be broken j
down by townships. It is already I
pointed out that while we wait for j
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(llias. Ben Wilson
Is III In Hospital
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According to reports reaching here,
t Charles Ben Wilson, local colored
man who ha:; served about sixteen,
months in the United States Navy,
' continues ijuin >» a feuv'cioineut
hospital at Hampton, Va. Few details
about the man’s condition could be
learned here, but one report stated
that he had undergone an operation,
that he was not able to receive
■ members of Ins family and that pos
sibly his condition was critical.
He had seen sea duty, but it could
not be learned immediately if he had
be en in any battles.
Loral School Faculty
Api>ointnirnt Announced
Miss Lucille Bell of Rocky Mount,
has accepted a position as a member
of the local school faculty, it was an
nounced this week. Succeeding Mrs.
Govver Crosswell, resigned, Miss Bell
is ,* graduate of the East Carolina
Teachers’ College, Greenville, and
has taught in the public schools for
three years, two terms in Fitt Coun
ty and last year in Roanoke Rapids.
The appointment leaves one posi
tion, that of home economics ,to be
filled in the local schools, it was
learned.
VEHICLE USE TAX
It doesn’t seem as if another
year lias rolled bv since the lit
tle stickers were bought, hut ac
cording to Uncle Sam it is now
time to buy the S5 motor vehicle
use lax stamps or windshield
stickers.
The stamp were placed on sale
at the local post office last Sat
urday, but the sale that day was
light. The new little stickers
must be displayed on the wind
shield of each vehicle not later
than July 1 if the vehicle own
er is to make certain that he
will not be subjected to court ac
tion and penalties.
Peanut Prices Are
Mxed by Commodity
[Iredit Corporal ion
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I »c ol till* New Crop W ill lie
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Tentative prices for merchantable
armors’ stock peanuts for use in de
ermining payments to producers
lave been announced by the War
food Administration in a release
lesignating the Commodity Credit
.'in poration, or its designated agen
•ies, as the sole purchaser of farm
•rs' stock peanuts from the 1944
•rop.
The order, issued recently, is now
n effect.
The t.'CC will also provide author
ization for the use of peanuts for
■rushing, cleaning, shelling or oth
■rwi.se changing farmers’ stock pea
nuts from their natural state in oi
ler to assure a proper distribution
ind use of peanuts for defense, for
private account, and for export, the
<rder said.
According to the scale of tentative
prices, Spanish type peanuts with
a sound mature kernel content above
75 per cent will bring $171 50 plus
$2,50 per ton foi each 1 per cent
above 75 per cent; 75 per cent con
tent, $171.5(1; 74 per cent, $109.20;
75 per rent, $160.90; 72 per cent,
$164.50; 71 per cent, $102.30; and 70
per cent, $160.
Runner type $167 per ton plus
$2.20 per ton for each I per cent
above 75 per cent sound maturi
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Mrs. Hill Bullock’s
Brother Is Missing
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Bullock f EveieH.- is missing in ac
tion somewhere in the Pacific thea
in of war operations, according ti
a message received by Mrs. Bullocl
last Thursday No details were of
feted, hut the young man was in the
submarine sc rvicc at the time lie wa:
reported missing
Only 24 years old, Chief Powlei
had been in she service seven years
enlisting at New Bern, his home. Hi
was at Pearl Harbor on December
7, 1941, when the Ja|<* made thei
attack. He was immediately trans
ferred from the Arizona to the sub
marine service, but was assignee
to land duty on Guadalcanal to mee
an emergency there caused by
shortage of doctors. While there h
was wounded several times, one in
jury causing him to lose his sight n
oi eye. He was wounded in the bad
by shrapnel and had been sho
through one hand and one arm. H
had received several coveted cita
tions, hut when on a visit to his sis
ter in this county in May of last yea
I he would not talk about his wound
and the honors bestowed upon hlr
for his heroic services.
Lt. \\. I>. Walts. Jr.
Summarizes Travel
Loral Yntfiif.' Man is Greatly
1 m |»i i ^seil Ity People
In Australia
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la a very interesting letter writ
ten tu The Enterprise under fairly
recent date, First Lieutenant Billy
Watts briefly summarizes his travels
in the far Pacific. The local young
man went through the entire Solo
mons campaign, and while he doesn’t
say so, it is fairly certain that there’s
been some tough going at times for
him and the many others. His letter
follows:
“Just thought I’d drop you a much
belated line and say how much I’ve
enjoyed The Enterprise. A mail call
without tin1 paper is not complete.
’’I've followed with interest the
many letters from home-town boys
relating their journeys and ex
periences From the looks of things
the Martin County boys have been
doing a darn good job. About the
only contact I've had with any of
them has been through The Enter
prise.
“As you probably know. Navy cen
sorship regulations are much strict
er than Army. But of late they have
relented a little and allow us now'
to mention a few of the places we’ve
been in the two years since we left
New Kivor. The list sounds like a
'Fitzpatrick’’ travelogue New Ze
land, Australia, New Britain, New
Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons Islands,
Cloodenough, New Guinea and sev
eral that I’m not allowed to mention
yet. 1 participated in the Solomons
Island campaign on Guadalcanal
from beginning to end. Also took
part m the more recent operations
at Cape Gloucester, New Britain.
1 could relate many interesting items
concerning those campaigns but in
doing so would evade censorship.
My job has been since I left New
River with the Regimental Staff as
an intelligence officer. My work is
very interesting and carries with it
a few of the comforts and privileges
that are otherwise denied.
"Of all tile places I’ve been, Mel
bourne, Australia, was by far the
most interesting and enjoyable. The
people there took us in with open
arms. Never have any troops been
afforded such hospitality and good
will.
“Melbourne is like many cities in
the United States, but at the same
lime keeps enough of the English
atmosphere to make it different.
The people there are frank, friendly
and broadminded possibly to a fault.
Sydney, Brisbane, Newcastle and
other Australian cities are much
similiar, but lack the more sedate
atmosphere of Melbourne. Sydney
is wide open, modern and trys to
remind one of New York. Australia
is a big plan with a big future and
the people there won’t let you for
get it.
“Another interesting place that l
had the food fortune to spend a few
days was Wellington, New Zeland,—
a beautiful, quaint, rambling 19th
century metropolis fringing one of
the loveliest harbors I’ve ever seen.
The city is built up on hills sur
rounding the harbor. My stay in
Wellington was short and in the
worst season, but never the less, I
was much impressed by its sim
plicity and charm.
Pi actu ally all Southwest Pacific
islands are the same—lush tropical
growth, steaming, treacherous jun
gles, beautiful, rugged mountains,
towering waterfalls, lazy, sluggish
rivers, stately cocoanut palms, dirty,
smelly natives, myriads of insects,
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I Mrs. Lizzie H inson
Passes In Hospital
—»—
Mrs. Lizzie Wright Hinson, widow
of Charlie Hinson, died in a Wash
ington hospital early last Saturday
following a lon^jpenod^of declining
Ill'll hill tout' '.yiUi.:i age. About ftZl
days ago tie fell and broke her oth
er tup. Removed from her home in
Jamesvillc Township to a Washing
ton hospital, she developed pneu
monia, death following a short time
1 Iatei
i The daughter of the late William
Wright and wife, Frances Waters
i Wright, she was born in this county
, on August 9, 1871, and lived all her
■ life in the Dardens Community.
When a young woman she was
■ married to Charlie Hinson who died
some years ago. She was a member
of the Corrinth Free Will Baptist
1 Church at Dardens, and was active
t in its service and as a member of
i the Ladies’ Aid until her first fall
; four years ago.
She is survived by three daughters
l Mrs. Adelle Tetterton and Misses
i Addie and Ethel Hinson, and one
l sister, Miss Nora Wright, all of the
? home.
Funeral services were conducted
- at the home Sunday afternoon at
r 3:30 o’clock by the Rev. Lee A. Phil
$ lips of the Plymouth Baptist
l Churcn. Interment followed in the
i Hinson Cemetery near the home,